Method and device for playing modified audio signals

ABSTRACT

A method and a device are provided for modifying audio signals in accordance with hearing capabilities of an individual who is listening to audio signals played by a music player. The method comprises the steps of: providing a music player operative to play audio signals, wherein the music player comprises a processor configured to modify audio signals that are about to be played, by taking into account the hearing capabilities of the individual; providing information that relates to the hearing capabilities of the individual; forwarding the information that relates to the hearing capabilities of the individual, from an electronic device to the music player; and using the music player processor to modify audio signals when the individual is listening to audio signals being played by the music player, wherein the audio signals are modified before they are played by taking into account the individual&#39;s hearing capabilities.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of consumer electronics, andin particular to devices that enable listening to audio signals beingplayed.

BACKGROUND

Hearing capabilities change from one person to the other, hence audiosignals to which the users are able to listen, change from one person tothe other, depending primarily on one's hearing capabilities. The term“hearing range” usually describes the range of frequencies that can beheard by humans, though it can also refer to the range of levels. Thehuman range is commonly given as 20 to 20,000 Hz, but there isconsiderable variation between different individuals, especially at highfrequencies, and a gradual decline with age is considered normal.Sensitivity also varies with frequency, as shown by equal-loudnesscontours. Individual hearing range varies according to the generalcondition of a human's ears. The range shrinks during life, usuallybeginning at around age of eight with the upper frequency limit beingreduced. Women typically experience a lesser degree of hearing loss thanmen, with a later onset. Men have approximately 5 to 10 dB greater lossin the upper frequencies by the age of 40. On top of that, there mayalso be substantial differences between one's hearing capabilities inthe left and right ears.

In view of the above it is clear that the listening experience of eachuser could be enhanced when audio signals to which he/she listens, fitsthat individual. Unfortunately, there are no solutions to this problemyet, so that the options available for the users who wish to improvetheir listening experience, are for example the following:

Retrieving information form professional audio review websites thatoffer insight and commentary on the quality of headphones that they canpurchase;

Retrieving information from bulletin boards and other public forums thatprovide comments relating to the products' quality from actual customersof the products;

Looking up for retailers that carry the items the user is interested inand determine if it would be possible to try them out; and

Testing models owned by friends or colleagues.

Although these solutions may help a user in assessing possibleheadphones that would better suit his needs, this is not a solution tothe problem of tailoring the headphones to each specific user based onhis/her own hearing capabilities, and obviously not to scenarios wherethe user listens to audio signals played by a device that is notprovided with the option of plugging headphones thereto.

The few proposals for personalized headphones known in the art are forexample the following ones:

US 20140016795 discloses a personalized headphone comprising a firstspeaker and a second speaker; a cord, having a removable connector plugat a distal end adapted to maintain audio communication with the firstspeaker and/or the second speaker, wherein the cord comprises an audiodevice connector plug adapted to maintain electrical communication witha digital playback device, wherein the audio output of the speakers hasa built-in preconfigured equalizer personalized to a user's age, audiofile format, audio file data encoding rate and music genre.

US 20060050908 describes a system and method that determines parametersfor rendering headphone audio information, based on a user's preferredacoustic rendering in a non-headphone environment. A user configures aloudspeaker-based system for a preferred ambiance. Microphones on ahead-mounted device then detect the audio signals received by the userin this environment. These detected signals are compared to the audioinformation that is being provided by the user's audio system and thedifferences are used to characterize the user's particular environment.Based on this characterization, when the user uses a headphone device tolisten to the audio information, a headphone driver modifies the audioinformation to produce audio signals at the speakers in the user'sheadphone to effectively reproduce the audio signals that would havebeen produced at the user's ears by the loudspeakers in the user'sparticular environment.

The Applicant's U.S. 62/032,572 filed on Aug. 3, 2014, discloses amethod and a device for modifying audio signals in accordance withhearing capabilities of an individual who is listening to audio signalsbeing played via a set of headphones. The method provided is based oninformation obtained from a hearing test which the individual had taken,and when a set of headphones is used by that individual while listeningto audio signals, the signals are modified into a form that takes intoaccount the individual's hearing capabilities.

Yet, none of the solutions described above, provides a solution to theproblem of enhancing the individual's listening experience by modifyingthe audio signals in a way that takes into consideration his/her hearingcapabilities, when the audio signals are played by a new/differentdevice or even by a device that has no socket to connect a set ofheadphones that may comprise a circuitry adapted to perform such amodification of the signals being played.

SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE

The disclosure may be summarized by referring to the appended claims.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a new method tomodify audio signals in accordance with hearing capabilities of a userwho is listening to the audio signals.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a musicplayer which is capable of modifying audio signals in accordance withhearing capabilities of an individual who is listening to the audiosignals based on information related to the hearing capabilities of thatindividual, which is received from another electronic device.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a method forstoring information that relates to the hearing capabilities of anindividual remotely from the music player, and when that individualwishes to listen to a musical creation played by a music player, theinformation may be retrieved and forwarded to the music player, whichthen modifies the audio signals prior to their playing in accordancewith the hearing capabilities of that individual.

Other objects of the present invention will become apparent from thefollowing description.

According to a first embodiment of the present disclosure, there isprovided a method for modifying audio signals in accordance with hearingcapabilities of an individual who is listening to audio signals whenplayed by a music player, the method comprises the steps of:

providing a music player (e.g. music center, internet radio, streameretc.) operative to play audio signals, wherein the music playercomprises a processor configured to modify audio signals that are aboutto be played, by taking into account the hearing capabilities of theindividual;

providing information that relates to the hearing capabilities of theindividual (e.g. results of one or more hearing tests taken by theindividual, information derived from one or more hearing tests taken bythe individual, etc.);

forwarding the information that relates to the hearing capabilities ofthe individual, from an electronic device (such as for example, a remoteserver, a smartphone, a computer, a tablet, a PDA, and the like) to themusic player; and

using the music player processor to modify audio signals when theindividual is listening to audio signals being played by the musicplayer, wherein the audio signals are modified before they are playedwhile taking into account the individual's hearing capabilities.

The term “hearing test” as used herein throughout the specification andclaims is used to denote a test carried out to determine hearingcapabilities of one or both ears of an individual. The hearing test maybe conducted as two separate tests, each for a different ear of theindividual, or as one test for determining the combined individual'shearing capabilities, when both ears are being subjected simultaneouslyto the hearing test.

The term “hearing capabilities” as used herein throughout thespecification and claims is used preferably but not exclusively todenote gaps that exist between tones that may be heard by an individualwho listens to music and the musical tones as they should have beenheard by the individual, had he/she had a perfect hearing ability. Thegap may be different for different frequencies (or for different rangesof frequencies) and may vary between the individual's ears. These gaps,providing a characterization associated with each individual, may beused to allow affecting certain modifications of various musical tonesplayed by the music player in order to decrease these gaps, therebyenhancing the individual's experience when listening to a musicalcreation played by the music player.

When reference is made throughout the specification and claims to“information that relates to the hearing capabilities of theindividual”, it should be understood to encompass each of the followingoptions, or a combination thereof: the results of one or more hearingtests carried which the individual has undergone, and any data that wasderived from the results of the one or more hearing tests, e.g. data toenable modifying the audio signals for that individual (such ascompensation related data).

According to another embodiment, the information that relates to thehearing capabilities of the individual, comprises deviations in thehearing capabilities of the individual from a pre-defined hearingpattern.

In accordance with another embodiment, the information that relates tothe hearing capabilities of the individual, is forwarded wirelessly fromthe electronic device to the music player.

By another embodiment, the electronic device (e.g. a server implementinga cloud storage) is located remotely from the music player and isconfigured to store the information that relates to the hearingcapabilities of the individual.

The term “located remotely” which relates to the electronic devicedescribed herein, is used herein throughout the specification and claimsto denote an electronic device that is placed/installed at a differentgeographical location.

According to still another embodiment, the electronic device comprisesstorage means and is configured to forward the information that relatesto the hearing capabilities of the individual, in response to atriggering action initiated by or on behalf of the individual.

In accordance with yet another embodiment, the information that relatesto the hearing capabilities of the individual, is stored at a storagecomprised in the music player, and in response to a triggering actioninitiated by or on behalf of the individual while using an electronicdevice being a different device from the music player, a message isconveyed to the music player, and the stored information is retrieved bythe processor of the music player and applied while modifying the audiosignals to a form that takes into account the individual's hearingcapabilities.

According to yet another embodiment, the triggering action comprisesgenerating a message by or on behalf of the individual by using a deviceother than the electronic device, and forwarding the generated messageto the electronic device. For example, the message is generated by usingthe individual's smartphone and is sent to a remote server. In responseto receiving this message, the remote server is configured to forwardthe information to one or more music players.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provideda music player (e.g. a media player, a music center, etc.) capable ofmodifying audio signals in accordance with hearing capabilities of anindividual who is listening to audio signals being played by the musicplayer, the music player comprising:

a receiver configured to receive information from another electronicdevice, wherein the information relates to the hearing capabilities ofthe individual;

a processor configured to:

-   -   (i) receive the information received by the receiver;    -   (ii) determine audio signals that will be played to the        individual; and    -   (iii) modify the audio signals by taking into account hearing        capabilities of the individual;

a sound generating module operative to play the modified audio signalsto the individual.

According to another embodiment the information received by thereceiver, comprises deviations in the hearing capabilities of theindividual from a pre-defined hearing pattern.

In accordance with another embodiment, the receiver is operative toreceive the information that has been transmitted wirelessly thereto.

By another embodiment, the other electronic device is a server (e.g.implementing cloud storage) that is located remotely from the musicplayer and is configured to store the information that relates to thehearing capabilities of the individual.

According to still another embodiment, the music player furthercomprises a user interface (e.g. a button or a set of buttons)configured to enable receiving a command initiated by or on behalf ofthe individual, wherein the command comprises identification of theindividual.

By yet another embodiment, the music player further comprises atransmitter operative to transmit towards the electronic device acommand received by the music player from or on behalf of theindividual, instructing the electronic device to convey the informationthat relates to hearing capabilities of that individual, towards themusic player.

In accordance with still another embodiment, the music player furthercomprises a storage configured to store information that relates tohearing capabilities of that individual.

According to another embodiment the processor is further configured toretrieve information that relates to hearing capabilities of thatindividual from the music player's storage, and apply it for modifyingthe audio signals that are about to be played.

In accordance with yet another embodiment, the information that relatesto the hearing capabilities of the individual comprises data whichrelate to at least one of the individual's ears, at least one frequencyat which the audio signal will be modified and the modification thatwill be affected (e.g. change of amplitude, change of level of thecompensating signal, etc.) to the portion of the audio signal associatedwith that at least one frequency.

According to yet another embodiment, the information that relates to thehearing capabilities of the individual, comprises information thatenables the processor to determine a comfortable volume baseline for theindividual.

By yet another aspect there is provided a computer program productencoding a computer program stored on a non-transitory computer-readablemedium for executing a set of instructions by one or more computerprocessors for establishing a process for carrying out the method of thepresent disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

For a more complete understanding of the present invention, reference isnow made to the following detailed description taken in conjunction withthe accompanying drawings wherein:

FIG. 1—is a flow diagram exemplifying a method carried out in accordancewith an embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 2—is an example of a block diagram presenting a system and optionalconnections between its components for implementing an embodiment of thepresent invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In this disclosure, the term “comprising” is intended to have anopen-ended meaning so that when a first element is stated as comprisinga second element, the first element may also include one or more otherelements that are not necessarily identified or described herein, orrecited in the claims.

In the following description, for the purposes of explanation, numerousspecific details are set forth in order to provide a betterunderstanding of the present invention by way of examples. It should beapparent, however, that the present invention may be practiced withoutthese specific details.

FIG. 1 is a flow diagram being a non-limiting example of a methodcarried out in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

In step 100 a set of headphones, comprising a DSP component having asoftware embedded thereon, is used to allow an individual to go througha hearing test Optionally, this test differs from standard hearing testsas it may be designed to test primarily frequencies that pertain to thecomprehension and enjoyment of music, and is thus different fromconventional tests that focus solely on frequencies that make speechmore comprehensible for those experiencing a hearing loss.

The hearing test is performed separately for each of the individual'sears, resulting in two distinct audiograms, one for the individual'sleft ear and for his/her right ear, being stored (preferablytemporarily) at the set of headphones which was used by the individualto carry out the hearing test.

The term “audiogram” as used herein is used to denote a graph that showsthe audible threshold for frequencies as measured by an audiometer. TheY axis represents intensity measured in decibels while the X axisrepresents frequency measured in Hertz. The threshold of hearing isplotted relative to a standardized curve that represents normal hearing,in dB.

For humans, normal hearing is between −10 dB and 15 dB, although 0 dBfrom 250 Hz to 8 kHz is deemed to be ‘average’ normal hearing.Typically, hearing thresholds of humans are found by using hearing testswhich involve different tones being presented at a specific frequency(pitch) and intensity (loudness). When the person hears the sound he/shepresses a button so that the testing means recognizes that that tone washeard. The lowest intensity sound one can hear at each frequency beingtested, would be recorded.

Next, after completing the test, the individual activates a dedicatedapplication stored on his/her smartphone (or any other applicabledevice) which in turn establishes a connection (e.g. by using a Wi-Ficonnection, a Bluetooth connection, a wired connection and the like)with the set of headphones (step 110). The data which relates to theindividual's hearing test results, are then downloaded to his/hersmartphone (step 120), while being either in a non-processed form or ina processed or semi-processed form.

Once the data is downloaded to the smartphone, a connection isestablished (e.g. via the Internet) between the smartphone and a remoteserver, in order to upload data from the smartphone to that remoteserver (e.g. cloud storage) (step 130).

Next, according to the present example, when the individual decide inthe future to listen to music, he/she will turn on the music player(e.g. a new audio system construed in accordance with the presentdisclosure), and will activate (step 140) an appropriate applicationinstalled on his/her smartphone or an application that resides at themusic player itself. For example—if the individual has the appropriateTV device that may connect directly to a server for downloading to thatserver, the information that relates to the hearing capabilities of thatindividual (his/her hearing profile).

The application identifies the music player and the individual is askedif he/she wishes to have the audio signals that will be played by thatmusic player, modified in accordance with his/her hearing capabilities(step 150). If the individual replies affirmatively (e.g. while usingthe smartphone keyboard), an activating command is triggered, one whicheventually leads to downloading the appropriate data from the remoteserver to the music player.

As should be appreciated, step 150 is only an optional step, since byactivating the application stored at the smartphone for the second time,it may recognize the second activation action as being the affirmativeresponse to the question of whether the individual wishes to have theaudio signals modified in accordance with his/her hearing capabilities.

As was already mentioned hereinabove, the method provided by the presentinvention is configured to allow modifying audio signals in accordancewith the hearing capabilities of the individual who is about to listento a musical creation comprising the audio signals that are about to bemodified. However, in order to carry out such modifications, the dataretrieved in the hearing test are processed so that eventually they canbe translated into a form that would enable appropriate modification ofthe audio signals. For example, to modify the audio signals differently,depending on their frequencies (or frequency ranges to which theybelong). Such a translation may involve for example establishingdeviations in the hearing capabilities of the individual from apre-defined hearing pattern. As will be appreciated by those skilled inthe art, the processing of the hearing test results, may be carried outat any device along a chain that comprises the set of headphones, thesmartphone, the remote server and the music player, depending on variousconsiderations (e.g. the impact of adding processing power and/orstorage to the device price). The present invention should be understoodto encompass all these options.

Irrespective of where the actual processing of the individual'saudiograms takes place, the hearing test results are analyzed (step 160)in order to determine which ranges of frequencies of the audio signalswill be modified when the respective individual would listen to music,and what will be the level of compensation at each of these ranges.

At first, the analysis results are compared by executing a compensationalgorithm with a pre-defined pattern (e.g. a straight line having avolume equal to zero throughout the whole frequencies' spectrum that waschecked in the test), and then the compensating algorithm, which mayinclude equalization process, determines the frequency ranges at whichthe audio signals will be modified by applying the appropriatecompensation associated with the respective individual. In other words,the compensating algorithm uses predetermined equalizing (EQ) bands andcurves to determine the compensation that will be provided to each ofthe individual's ears. Typically, the compensation (e.g. the frequencyranges in which the modification will be carried out and/or themagnitude of compensation) that will be provided to the audio signalsreaching the individual's left ear will be different from thecompensation that will be provided to the audio signals reaching theindividual's right ear, based on the resulting audiograms.

It should be noted that determining the required compensation is acomplex process, which takes into account different frequencies andbands (in terms of the range(s) of frequencies affected) and does notcreate a simple “mirror” image of the individual's audiograms. Instead,it is preferably used to generate a smooth and enjoyable equalized curvefor each ear. For example, if an individual has a 3 db drop at around500 Hz, it might be more musically pleasing to enhance the frequenciesaround 500 Hz by 2.5 db through a broadband curve extending from 450 Hzto 570 Hz, rather than just bumping the 500 Hz drop by 3 db. Anotheroption could be for example to reduce the level of few frequenciesaround the 500 Hz frequency instead of bumping the signal at the 500 Hzfrequency.

When the individual decides to listen to music, whether by using a newmusic player or a music player that had been used by that individualbefore, the data resulting from the compensation algorithm is providedto two customized equalizers (for the L/R ears) of the music player, insuch a way that the audio signals may be modified in each of the twochannels accordingly. The data may be retrieved from a storage comprisedin the music player, if that music player has already been used beforeby that individual and if that music player comprises a storage means,or may be retrieved ad-hoc from the remote server or from the individualsmartphone, depending on where it has been stored, irrespective ofwhether this is a new music player or one that has already been used.

Optionally, but not necessarily, after completing the compensationprocess described above for both ears of the user, the individual isable to carry out a test where he listens to a piece of music with andwithout the modification, and then indicates whether a differentcompensation should be applied. After the individual has indicated thatthe compensation results are satisfactory, the equalization data (i.e.Frequency, Volume and “Q” value are forwarded to the DSP comprisedwithin the set of headphones itself, with or without changing thefirmware embedded at the DSP and storing the customized equalizationdata in the set of headphones.

The value of parameter “Q” referred to above, relates to the angle andscope of the gain given for each frequency band. It may be very sharpand bell shaped, thus affecting only a rather narrow range offrequencies, or on the other hand it may be quite flat and large, thusaffecting a larger range of frequencies.

Forwarding the data to the music player may be done by using a USB,wireless communication (e.g. WiFi, Bluetooth etc.), audio input encodedas audio signal or any other applicable technology, or any combinationthereof.

Although the compensation process described in this example relates tocompensating each ear separately, it should be clear that the presentinvention also encompasses cases where the compensation is made for oneear only, or where there is essentially the same compensation for bothears of the individual. At the latter case, the hearing test may be onetest where both ears are tested simultaneously to receive a combinedresult, or that the ears are tested separately and the results obtainedfor each of the two ears are combined while determining the compensationthat will be applied while modifying the audio signals.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram presenting a system 200 for implementing oneor more embodiments of the present invention.

System 200 of the example illustrated in this FIG., comprises thefollowing components:

-   -   A set of headphones 210 for carrying out the hearing test as        described above;    -   A music player 220 such as a music center;    -   An optional user device 230 such as a smartphone, tablet, etc.        which is used in some of the embodiments described hereinafter;        and    -   An optional remote server 240, which is used in some of the        embodiments described hereinafter.

The set of headphones 210 comprises a sound generator configured togenerate the tones that will be heard by the individual while taking thehearing test and a processor configured to retrieve the results of thehearing test. In addition, the set of headphones comprises a transmitter(e.g. a cellular transmitter, or a Wi-Fi transmitter or a Bluetoothtransmitter and the like) that is operative to forward the results ofthe hearing tests. The results that will be forwarded may be in a formof the raw results obtained during the test, or in the alternative, theycan be processed by the processor comprised in the set of headphones, sothat the data that will be forwarded by the headphones' transmitter willalready be in a processed form (e.g. identifying one or more frequencieswhere there is a deviation of the individual hearing capability from apre-defined pattern).

According to the present example, the hearing test related data beingforwarded from the set of headphones, may be forwarded towards any oneof the other three components of system 200, depending on theimplemented embodiment.

According to one group of embodiments, the hearing test related data maybe forwarded to music player 220 immediately (e.g. by using aWi-Fi/Bluetooth protocols if the set of headphones and the music playerare both located at a geographical proximity, to allow using such atransfer of data mechanism), or it may be stored at the set ofheadphones until the set of headphones and the music player are broughtto a geographical proximity, which in turn allows such a transfer ofdata. The transfer of data to the music player will be carried outeither automatically, or be initiated by the individual.

According to another group of embodiments, the hearing test related datamay be forwarded and uploaded to a user device 230 (such as asmartphone), either immediately (e.g. by using a Wi-Fi/Bluetoothprotocols if the smartphone and the set of headphones are both locatedat a geographical proximity), or it may be stored at the set ofheadphones and when the set of headphones and the smartphone are broughtto a geographical proximity allowing such a transfer of data, thetransfer of data to the smartphone will be carried out eitherautomatically, or be initiated by the individual (e.g. by activating aproper application on his/her smartphone).

Once the data has been uploaded to the smartphone, there are again twooptions of how to proceed with the process. By the first option, thedata will be forwarded e.g. over the Internet, to a remote server forstorage, and by the second, the data will be forwarded to the musicplayer. As before, if the data arriving the smartphone (the user device)is in a form of raw test results (or even partially processed), they mayeither be processed by the smartphone processor as described above andthen forwarded, or the data may be further forwarded as received.

In the case that data is transferred directly from the smartphone to themusic player, it can be done either on a one time basis, where data istransferred to the music player and stored thereat. An option thatensures that whenever that individual uses that music player, he/shewill be identified and the audio signals will be modified in accordancewith that individual's hearing capabilities. In the alternative, thedata may be stored at the individual's smartphone, and when theindividual would like to listen to music played by any music player thatmay operate in a way that is compatible with the present invention, thesmartphone will provide the music player with the data required in orderto modify the audio signals in accordance with the individual's hearingcapabilities.

According to still another group of embodiments, the hearing testrelated data may be forwarded to be uploaded onto the remote server 240.It can be done either directly from the set of headphones 210 (e.g. byusing a cellular modem) or from smartphone 230, after the data was firstuploaded to that smartphone. In this group of embodiments, once theindividual has indicated his/her wish to listen to a music while using acertain music player, that indication is forwarded to the remote server(e.g. by way of a message specifying the identity of the individual whois currently interested in listening to the music, and preferably theidentity (e.g. the IP address) of the music player to which dataassociated with the identified individual that was retrieved from thestorage means of the remote server, should be sent.

There is a number of options that may be implemented in system 200 toenable the individual to indicate his/her wish to listen to music thathas been modified according to his/her hearing capabilities. One suchoption is a user interface installed at the music player (e.g. a buttonor a set of buttons), that once used by the individual, a message isgenerated and sent either to the remote server or to the individual'ssmartphone, depending on where the data that is required by the musicplayer processor for carrying out the modifications, is stored. Anotheroption is that the message is initiated by the individual by typing apre-defined command, using the keyboard of his/her smartphone.

In the description and claims of the present application, each of theverbs, “comprise” “include” and “have”, and conjugates thereof, are usedto indicate that the object or objects of the verb are not necessarily acomplete listing of members, components, elements or parts of thesubject or subjects of the verb.

The present invention has been described using detailed descriptions ofembodiments thereof that are provided by way of example and are notintended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. The describedembodiments comprise different features, not all of which are requiredin all embodiments of the invention. Some embodiments of the presentinvention utilize only some of the features or possible combinations ofthe features.

Variations of embodiments described herein and embodiments of thepresent invention comprising different combinations of features noted inthe described embodiments will occur to persons of the art. The scope ofthe invention is limited only by the following claims.

1. A system for communicating with multiple music players associatedwith a specific individual, the system comprising: a memory deviceconfigured to store data that relates to hearing capabilities of thespecific individual with respect to each of the individual's ears, thedata includes identification of one or more frequencies where there is adeviation of the individual hearing capability from a pre-definedpattern; and at least one processor configured to: determine, based onthe stored data, modifications tailored to the specific individual,wherein the modifications are to be affected on audio signals whenplayed at said one or more frequencies; and forward informationassociated with the determined modifications to each of the multiplemusic players, thereby enabling each music player to modify audiosignals when the individual is listening to audio signals being playedby the music player, wherein the audio signals are modified before theyare played while taking into account the hearing capabilities of theindividual with respect to each of the individual's ears.
 2. The systemof claim 1, wherein the memory device and the at least one processor arepart of a server that is located remotely from the specific individual.3. The system of claim 2, wherein the data was uploaded to the remoteserver directly from a set of headphones.
 4. The system of claim 1,wherein the at least one processor is further configured to forward theinformation associated with the determined modifications directly to aselected music player.
 5. The system of claim 4, wherein the forwardedinformation includes processed data for carrying out the modificationsby the selected music player.
 6. The system of claim 1, wherein the atleast one processor is further configured to forward the informationassociated with the determined modifications to a selected music playervia an electronic device associated with the individual.
 7. The systemof claim 6, wherein the forwarded information includes raw test resultsassociated with the specific individual to be further processed by theelectronic device or by the selected music player.
 8. The system ofclaim 1, wherein the forwarded information is provided to two equalizersassociated with the left and right ears of the specific individual, theforwarded information is utilized in such a way that the audio signalsmay be modified in each of the two equalizers according the hearingcapabilities of the specific individual with respect to each of theindividual's ears.
 9. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least oneprocessor is further configured to forward the information in responseto a triggering action that includes identification of a selected musicplayer, wherein the triggering action is initiated by or on behalf ofthe individual.
 10. The system of claim 9, wherein the identification ofthe selected music player includes an IP address of the music player towhich the information associated with the hearing capabilities of theindividual to be forward to.
 11. The system of claim 1, wherein themultiple music players include at least two of the following: a TVdevice, a music center, an internet radio, and a streamer.
 12. Thesystem of claim 1, wherein the audio signals are modified to enhancefrequencies around the identified one or more frequencies through abroadband curve, thereby generating a smooth equalized curve for eachear.
 13. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one processor isfurther configured to receive information to enable identifying themultiple music players associated with the specific individual.
 14. Amethod for communicating with multiple music players associated with aspecific individual, the method comprising: storing data that relates tohearing capabilities of the specific individual with respect to each ofthe individual's ears, the data includes identification of one or morefrequencies where there is a deviation of the individual hearingcapability from a pre-defined pattern; determining, based on the storeddata, modifications tailored to the specific individual, wherein themodifications are to be affected on audio signals when played at saidone or more frequencies; and forwarding information associated with thedetermined modifications to each of multiple music players therebyenabling each music player to modify audio signals when the individualis listening to audio signals being played by the music player, whereinthe audio signals are modified before they are played while taking intoaccount the hearing capabilities of the individual with respect to eachof the individual's ears.
 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the datawas uploaded to the remote server directly from a set of headphones. 16.The method of claim 14, wherein the data was uploaded to the remoteserver from an electronic device after the data was first transmitted tothat electronic device from a set of headphones.
 17. A set of headphonesconfigured to enable generating audio signals by each of a multiplemusic players in accordance with hearing capabilities of an individual,said set of headphones comprising: a processor configured to identify,based on two distinct audiograms, one or more frequencies where there isa deviation of the individual hearing capability from a pre-definedpattern; and enable uploading to a remote server data that relates tohearing capabilities of the individual with respect to each of theindividual's ears, the data includes the identified one or morefrequencies; a sound generator module operative to play modified audiosignals received from each of a multiple music players connectable tosaid remote server, wherein the audio signals are modified before theyare played while taking into account the hearing capabilities of theindividual with respect to each of the individual's ears.
 18. The set ofheadphones of claim 17, further comprising a cellular transmitter foruploading the data directly to the remote server.
 19. The set ofheadphones of claim 18, further comprising a Wi-Fi transmitter or aBluetooth transmitter for transmitting the data to an electronic deviceto be uploaded to the remote server.